Humber's Modern Engineering. Third Series. A RECORD of the PROGRESS of MODERN ENGINEERING, 1865. Imp. 4to, with 40 Double Plates, drawn to a large scale, and Photographic Portrait of J. R. M'Clean, Esq., late President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Price 31. 35. half morocco. List of Plates and Diagrams. MAIN DRAINAGE, METROPOLIS. | MAIN DRAINAGE, METROPOLIS, NORTH SIDE. Map showing Interception of Sewers. Middle Level Sewer, Sewer under Regent's Canal. Middle Level Sewer. Junction with Fleet Ditch. Outfall Sewer. Bridge over River Lea. Elevation. Outfall Sewer. Bridge over River Lea. Details. Outfall Sewer. Bridge over River Lea. Details. Outfall Sewer. Bridge over Marsh Lane, Outfall Sewer. Bridge over Bow and Outfall Sewer. continued Reservoir and Outlet. Details. Outfall Sewer. Reservoir and Outlet. Reservoir and Outlet. Details. Outfall Sewer. Details. Filth Hoist. Outfall Sewer. THAMES EMBANKMENT. Side Elevation and Details. Overflow and Outlet at Savoy Street Sewer. Details. Overflow and Outlet at Savoy Street Sewer. Penstock. Overflow and Outlet at Savoy Street Sewer. Penstock. Steam-boat Pier, Waterloo Bridge. Elevation. Steam-boat Pier, Waterloo Bridge. Details. Steam-boat Pier, Waterloo Bridge. Details. Junction of Sewers. Plans and Sections. Granite and Iron Forts. With copious Descriptive Letterpress, Specifications, &c Opinions of the Press. "Mr. Humber's works-especially his annual 'Record,' with which so many of our readers are now familiar-fill a void occupied by no other branch of literature. . . The drawings have a constantly increasing value, and whoever desires to possess clear representations of the two great works carried out by our Metropolitan Board will obtain Mr. Humber's last volume."-Engineering. 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Barlow, C.E. .... St. Germans Viaduct, Cornwall Railway Milroy's Patent Excavator Metropolitan District Railway. 23, 24 25 Mr. Brunel, C.E. 26 to 31 Messrs. J. Fowler, C. E., and 32 33 to 38 Mr. J. Fowler, Engineer-inChief, and Mr. T. M. Johnson, C. E. Harbours, Ports, and Breakwaters..... A to c The Letterpress comprises— A concluding article on Harbours, Ports, and Breakwaters, with Illustrations and detailed descriptions of the Breakwater at Cherbourg, and other important modern works; an article on the Telegraph Lines of Mesopotamia; a full description of the Wroughtiron Diving Cylinder for Ceylon, the circumstances under which it was used, and the means of working it; full description of the Millwall Docks ; &c., &c., &c. Opinions of the Press. "Mr. Humber's Record of Modern Engineering' is a work of peculiar value, as well to those who design as to those who study the art of engineering construction. It embodies a vast amount of practical information in the form of full descriptions and working drawings of all the most recent and noteworthy engineering works. The plates are excellently lithographed, and the present volume of the 'Record' is not a whit behind its predecessors."-Mechanics Magazine. "We gladly welcome another year's issue of this valuable publication from the able pen of Mr. Humber. The accuracy and general excellence of this work are well known, while its usefulness in giving the measurements and details of some of the latest examples of engineering, as carried out by the most eminent men in the profession, cannot be too highly prized."-Artizan. "The volume forms a valuable companion to those which have preceded it, and cannot fail to prove a most important addition to every engineering library."-Mining Journal. "No one of Mr. Humber's volumes was bad; all were worth their cost, from the mass of plates from well-executed drawings which they contained. In this respect, perhaps, this last volume is the most valuable that the author has produced."-Practical Mechanics' Journal Humber's Great Work on Bridge Construction. A COMPLETE and PRACTICAL TREATISE on CAST and "A very valuable contribution to the standard literature of civil engineering. In addition to elevations, plans, and sections, large scale details are given, which very much enhance the instructive worth of these illustrations. No engineer would willingly be without so valuable a fund of information."-Civil Engineer and Architect's Fournal. "The First or Theoretical Part contains mathematical investigations of the principles involved in the various forms now adopted in bridge construction. These investigations are exceedingly complete, having evidently been very carefully considered and worked out to the utmost extent that can be desired by the practical man. 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Especially arranged for the use of Students and Practical Mechanics, all Mathematical Formulæ and Symbols being excluded. By FRANCIS CAMPIN, C.E. With numerous Diagrams. 12mo., cloth boards, 3s., cloth limp, 2s. [Recently published. "For numbers of young engineers the book is just the cheap, handy, first guide they want."-Middlesborough Weekly News. Invaluable to those who have not been educated in mathematics."-Colliery Guardian. "Remarkably accurate and well written."-Artizan. Barlow on the Strength of Materials, enlarged. A TREATISE ON THE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, with Rules for application in Architecture, the Construction of Suspension Bridges, Railways, &c.; and an Appendix on the Power of Locomotive Engines, and the effect of Inclined Planes and Gradients. BY PETER BARLOW, F. R. S., Mem. Inst. of France; of the Imp. and Royal Academies of St. Petersburgh and Brussels; of the Amer. Soc. Arts; and Hon. Mem. Inst. Civil Engineers. A New and considerably Enlarged Edition, revised by his Sons, P. W. BARLOW, F.R.S., Mem. Inst. C.E., and W. H. BARLOW, F.R.S., Mem. of Council Inst. C. E., to which are added a Summary of Experiments by EATON HODGKINSON, F. R.S., WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, F.R.S., and DAVID KIRKALDY; an Essay (with Illustrations) on the effect produced by passing Weights over Elastic Bars, by the Rev. ROBERT WILLIS, M.A., F.R.S. And Formulæ for Calculating Girders, &c. The whole arranged and edited by WILLIAM HUMBER, Assoc. Inst. C. E., and Mem. Inst. M.E., Author of "A Complete and Practical Treatise on Cast and Wrought-Iron Bridge Construction," &c. &c. Demy 8vo, 400 pp., with 19 large Plates, and numerous woodcuts, price 18s. cloth. "This edition has undergone considerable improvement, and has been brought down to the present date. It is one of the first books of reference in existence."-Artizan. 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"The best book on the subject which has yet appeared. no work that so completely fulfils its mission."-English Mechanic. We know of "There is not a pupil in an engineering school, an apprentice in an engineer's or architect's office, or a competent clerk of works, who will not recognise in the scientific volume newly given to circulation, an old and valued friend.”—Building News. "The standard treatise upon this particular subject.”—Engineer. Strains, Formula & Diagrams for Calculation of. A HANDY BOOK for the CALCULATION of STRAINS in GIRDERS and SIMILAR STRUCTURES, and their STRENGTH; consisting of Formula and Corresponding Diagrams, with numerous Details for Practical Application, &c. By WILLIAM HUMBER, Assoc. Inst. C. E., &c. Fcap. 8vo, with nearly 100 Woodcuts and 3 Plates, price 7s. 6d. cloth. "The arrangement of the matter in this little volume is as convenient as it well could be. 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CONTENTS.-Introductory Remarks; Beams Loaded at Centre; Beams Loaded at unequal distances between supports; Beams uniformly Loaded; Girders with triangular bracing Loaded at centre; Ditto, Loaded at unequal distances between supports; Ditto, uniformly Loaded; Calculation of the Strains on Girders with triangular Basings; Cantilevers; Continuous Girders; Lattice Girders; Girders with Vertical Struts and Diagonal Ties; Calculation of the Strains on Ditto; Bow and String Girders; Girders of a form not belonging to any regular figure; Plate Girders; Apportionments of Material to Strain; Comparison of different Girders; Proportion of Length to Depth of Girders; Character of the Work; Iron Roofs. Construction of Iron Beams, Pillars, &c. IRON AND HEAT, Exhibiting the Principles concerned in the "A very useful and thoroughly practical little volume, in every way deserving of circulation amongst working men."-Mining Journal. 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AN OUTLINE OF THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY, for the Formation of Geographical and Topographical Maps and Plans, Military Reconnaissance, Levelling, &c., with the most useful Problems in Geodesy and Practical Astronomy, and Formulæ and Tables for Facilitating their Calculation. By MAJOR-GENERAL FROME, R.E., InspectorGeneral of Fortifications, &c. Third Edition, revised and improved. With 10 Plates and 113 Woodcuts. Royal 8vo, 12s. cloth. |